Andrew Steinberg, Aviation Lawyer, Dies at 53

Andy Steinberg died on May 20 in Maryland, due to a form of eye cancer. He was 53 and had had a distinguished career in the public and private sectors serving the airline industry. An obituary in the Washington Post noted,

“Andy Steinberg was one of the greatest aviation lawyers of his generation,” said Jeffrey N. Shane, a partner at the Washington firm Hogan Lovells and a former undersecretary for policy at the Transportation Department. “He was in full command of the most complex and obscure laws and regulations — both domestic and international — and brought a level of creativity and intellectual rigor to his work that consistently impressed clients and colleagues alike.”

From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Steinberg was one of American Airlines’ senior attorneys, handling a range of employment and environmental matters for the carrier. In 1993, he was a member of the in-house legal team that helped American successfully defend against an antitrust lawsuit brought by rivals Continental and Northwest.

At Princeton, Andy served on the 1980 Board of The Daily Princetonian, on the editorial page staff.